Door-securer.



UNITED STATES` PATENT GIVFlCiL-,

FREDERICK B. PRANTE. 0F HUMPTULIPS, WASHINGTON. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHAEL SPINNER, 0F GATE, WASHINGTON.

DOOR-SECURER.

Speoication of Letters Patent.

Patented Au". 17, '1915.

To 1U wim/l1 it may emi/fern.'

le it known that l, Femm-:uren B. PuaN're, a citizen of the United States. residing at llumptulips, in the. county of Chehalis and State. ol' \\'ashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Seeurers: and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ol` the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in door securers, and has for its principal object to )rovide a novel form of seem-er which may be easily and quickly applied or removed from a door.

Another object of the invention is to provide a seem-er which will eil'ectively hold the door against movement from the out- Side.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel device which may be easilI and cheaply constructed from sheet meta, thereby rendering the same inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, 1n which,

Figure l is a horizontal sectional view through a door and door jamb illustrating this device in position, Fig. 2 is an end view in elevation of the invention showing the same applied to a fragment of a door and jamb. "1g is a side view in elevation of the invention, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the locking slide.

leferring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates a door of the usual construction which i-.operates with the door jamb 2. This door jamb is provided with the usual bead il, which bead is nailed or otherwise secured thereto.

'lhc attachment, which is designated generally by the numeral i and shown in Vosition on the door, is formed of the body 5 having one end turned angularly as at 6. This body is provided with the diagonal slot 7 having extending parallel therewith the slot 8. one wall of which is provided with a plurality of ratchet teeth 9 which are formed for an obvious purpose. The slot 8 is of considerably less length than the slot 7 and is designed so that the slide, which is best illustrated in Fig. l, may be easily manipulated. This slide is designated generally by the numeral 10 and comprises the body ll having formed at one end the enlargement 12, which enlargement is bent angularly and extends along one of the lateral edges ol' the body. An extension .i3 is formed on the opposite edge at a point spaced inwardly lfrom the end of the body on which the enlargement 12 is formed, and this` extension 13 is bent augularly as at 14 so that this portion extends parallel with the enlarge.- ment l2. The free terminal of the extension 14- is bent upwardly as at l5 and lies in a plane parallel with the body 1l. A re.- duced threaded extension 1G is formed at the end of the body l1 opposite the enlarge.- ment 12. and this extension 1G is arranged intermediate the side walls of the body and extends at such an angle that when the slide is in position on the body, this extension lies at right angles to the face thereof. A suitable thumb screw 18 is arranged to cooperate with the threaded extension lo in holding the device in its adjusted position.

It will be apparent from the Aforegoing that in use the securer is placed in position in a door in thc manner illustrated in Fig. 1 so that the flange G is forced into the space between the bead 3 and the jamb 2 when the door is closed. The slide l0 is then slid forwardly so that the cnlargenu-.nt l2 engages the door and the extension lil en a es in the spaces in the notches. thas ho ding the slide against movement. lt will be clearly seen that when the device is in this position the door is held against movement and cannot be opened until the slide is released and pulled back to permit the enlargement 1Q to enter the slot 8, thereby allowing the device to swing inwardly and out of engagement with the door.

lVhile in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A door seeurer comprising a body, said body being formed with a pair ol' parallel slots, teeth formed on the body and projecting into one of the slots, a door-engaging `slide, guides on the slide slidable within the slots, and means carried by said `slide to eneago the teeth and hold the slide in adjusted position.

'2. A door securer including a body, said body having a mir of dia onal slots therein. teeth forme on the bo y and projecting into one of the slots, n slide, said slide havin;Y guides on opposite sides thereof, said guides adapted to be slidable within the slots, screw means at one end of the slide to engage the teeth ofthe slot and hold the saine in an adjusted position.

B. A door securer comprising n bod an angular extension at one end of the ody said body being provided with a pair oi parallel diagonal slots, teeth formed on the body and projecting into one lof said slots, a slide, a door enfvagng element formed on the slide, and u diumb screw secured on the opposite terminal of the slide, said thumb screw being arranged to engage the teeth to hohl the shdo in an adjusted posltlou- 4. A door sccurer comprising an elongated body, an an ulur extension at one end of the hoi y, said )ody being provided with a `pair of diagonal slots, said slots being extended in directions toward the opposite corners of the body, teeth formed. on the body and extending into one of the slots, and a door securing slide, said slide havin r guides formed on o posite sides thereof, said guides beingg` sli( able within the slots, means carried by said slides arranged to engage the teeth to hold the slide in an adjusted position in the slots.

In testimony whereof I niiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l FREDERICK B. PRANTE. Witnesses:

I. M. Tnor, F. H. SYLvEs'rsn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for tivel cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. Q. 

